[en] Hypostomus is the most diverse genus within Loricariidae. These catfish species
exhibit a very conservative morphology with relatively few external characteristics
that differ between different species. In consequence, there is a challenge to understand the distinction of species of this genus. This study aims to describe the
sounds produced by ten species of Hypostomus from Araguari River and Paraopeba
River (Minas Gerais, Brazil), to examine whether acoustic features could be used
to distinguish between the species, and to understand the corresponding sound production mechanisms. The fish were recorded making sounds by holding them in
hand underwater, in a glass tank on the river shore next to where they had been
caught. All ten species produced sounds, and no effect of body size on acoustic
features was observed. Furthermore, the species could not be distinguished using
acoustic features. Likewise, all the studied species exhibited similar bony ridges on
the dorsal processes of the pectoral spine. Since the sounds produced by the fish
do not seem to exhibit interspecific specificity, they do not appear to have a role in
behaviours requiring conspecific recognition, such as reproduction. Sound production may have an alarm, distress, or acoustic aposematism function warning predators of the presence of pectoral spines, which have an anti-predatory function in
this clade.
Research Center/Unit :
FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Raick, Xavier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS)
Parmentier, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Morphologie fonctionnelle et évolutive
Language :
English
Title :
Sounds and associated morphology of Hypostomus species from South-East Brazil
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